The difference between Soap opera and Story
When used as nouns, soap opera means a radio or television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, which are often filled with strong emotions, highly dramatic situations and suspense, whereas story means a sequence of real or fictional events.
Story is also verb with the meaning: to tell as a story.
check bellow for the other definitions of Soap opera and Story
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Soap opera as a noun:
A radio or television serial, typically broadcast in the afternoon or evening, about the lives of melodramatic characters, which are often filled with strong emotions, highly dramatic situations and suspense.
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Story as a noun:
A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
Examples:
"The book tells the story of two roommates."
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Story as a noun:
A lie, fiction.
Examples:
"You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?"
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Story as a noun (US, colloquial, usually pluralized):
A soap opera.
Examples:
"What will she do without being able to watch her stories?"
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Story as a noun (obsolete):
History.
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Story as a noun:
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
Examples:
"What's the story with him?"
"I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened."
"The images it captured help tell a story of extreme loss: 25 percent of its ice and four of its 19 glaciers have disappeared since 1957. [[File:The images it captured help tell a story.ogg]]"
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Story as a noun (Internet, {{w, Snapchat):
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Story as a verb:
To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
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Story as a noun (obsolete):
A building or edifice.
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Story as a noun (chiefly, _, US):
A floor or level of a building; a storey.
Examples:
"synonyms: floor level"
"Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator."
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Story as a noun (typography):